Ever loved a dog?

People who own dogs say they are more affectionate than humans. They forgive so easily and offer unconditional love. When your pet dies it’s like the death of a family member. Here’s a touching poem on video from Jimmy Stewart that will bring a tear to your eye. Read more..

Communication Breakdown

It can even happen to the best of us. Communication is such a fickle thing, and the lines of communication can become blurred every so often, especially when feelings are involved. Even those who think that they are immune to the confusion of conflict can find themselves drawn into a communication breakdown when they least expect it, and chaos ensues. Read more..

China On A Budget - Xi’an

Part 2 - Xi’an

Sunday 20/6/2010

Our cab arrived on time at the hotel to take us to Bejing Airport for our flight to Xi’an, about an hour’s journey southwest of Bejing. On arrival at Xi’an (the ancient capital of China) a tout approached us inside the terminal (we had targets painted on our backs) and offered to drive us into the city in a private car for the price of 180y ($30). Read more..

Global warming - it’s always been about $$$

Written by Bill Bumpas, OneNewsNow | 10 August 2010

A well-known sceptic on global warming calls it “laughable” that a United Nations’ panel would claim that $100 billion a year in new taxes are necessary to fight climate change. Read more..

The Global Warming Fleecing of American Taxpayers

Written by Alan Caruba, Warning Signs | 05 August 2010

As the BP oil spill slips off the front pages, replaced by daily reports of Lindsey Lohan’s release from jail; as Chelsea Clinton’s marriage is no longer news; as the war in Afghanistan loses traction with the public; and as Barack Obama pauses to review his declining approval rates, it is time once again to ask, whatever happened to global warming? Read more..

We need to talk about wind farms…

Written by James Delingpole, Telegraph (UK) 28 July 2010

“Energy prices may rise by a third,” says our disastrous secretary of state of energy and climate change Chris Huhne. Rubbish. They’re going to rise by a hell of a lot more than that before he is finished. Alternative energy, let us never forget, is just that: an alternative to energy. Wind power and solar power are so risibly inefficient that the only way they can ever be economically viable is with lashings and lashings of taxpayer subsidy. Read more..

1969 Climate Predictions Miss by a Mile

Authored by Donna Laframboise, the creator of NOconsensus.org (Toronto, Canada)

Czech physicist Lubos Motl reports on an important memo just released by the Richard Nixon library. Written by presidential advisor Daniel Moynihan in 1969 it reveals that the “carbon dioxide problem” was viewed as an environmental concern by some highly placed US government officials way back when. Read more..

Women driving men mad

It’s those three little words that men dread to hear from their partners: “Can I drive?” Read more..

Josephine’s Winter Vegetable Slice

Here’s a recipe I liked the look of, which I’m about to taste for my tea tonight, courtesy of my wonderful wife. Read more..

China On A Budget - Bejing

I’m writing an account of a recent holiday my wife and I had in China. I’ve broken it down into four parts, one for each area we visited: Bejing, Xi’an, Yangshuo and Shanghai. I hope I can make it sound as interesting as it was in person. Read more..

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